Media & press
Coverage of Future Forward, the Green Future program, and the student-led effort to modernize how Kentucky schools handle waste.
Pikeville student presents bill request on recycling to legislative committee
By Terry L. May
Pikeville's hometown paper covers Anikaa's presentation of Bill Request 79 to the Interim Joint Committee on Education, which would update Kentucky's 1998 school recycling statute to cover aluminum cans and food waste and phase out foam trays.
Read at News-ExpressA KY student had an idea to reduce waste on K-12 campuses. It could become law.
By Valarie Honeycutt Spears
The Herald-Leader reports that Kentucky Senate Republicans highlighted Anikaa's proposal as an example of the legislative process at its best, and that it is now being developed as legislation for the 2027 Regular Session.
Read at Lexington Herald-LeaderPikeville student outlines proposal to Kentucky lawmakers on reducing waste in schools
By McKenna Horsley
Statewide coverage of the September 1 hearing in Frankfort, where Anikaa, joined by Sen. Phillip Wheeler, laid out a plan to modernize the list of school recyclables, divert food waste to composting, and end styrofoam tray purchases by July 2028.
Read at Kentucky LanternStudent works with local business to promote recycling
By Nick Collum
Pikeville's Mountain Top News visits Bit Source to see how Anikaa is partnering with a local business on Green Future's recycling and technology projects, including turning recycled bottles into 3D-printing filament.
Watch at Mountain Top NewsFrom the committee room
Media inquiries
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